Why does Blizzard not care about D2 anymore?

They still sell this game and make money off it. It's still enjoyed by tens of thousands of people world wide and spreads good will towards the company. D3 sold as much as it did because of the fan following this game created. Couldn't they find one programmer to work on this game part time, for basic things like communication about the date of ladder resets, or to fully test and put through the increased stash size patch? Or get rid of the TOS breaking spam bots? Or fix bugs with skills that have been in game from day one? (Fend still broken, for instance).

the amount of money and brand recognition this game has produced for Blizzard, and this is how they treat it, how they treat us now? Just because it's older and they've got 'hot' new projects, does that mean it should be completely abandoned other than keeping the servers on?

I would PAY Blizzard full price for another expansion to this beloved game, or even for just a new sizable patch. And I think millions of other people would too. Brilliant gameplay and itemization never gets old. Reminds me a little bit of SquareEnix letting their beloved old franchises fade into obscurity without sequels or remakes that their fans are dying for. They too moved onto new games that lost the flavor of the old and people don't like nearly as much. They built their massive following on the greatness of their old games, and then abandoned the concepts and methods that made them great.

D2 is great but still has countless bugs, could use quite an update. I don't think they still make money out of it.
Doubt they will ever invest in D2 again , wouldn't look good on them with D3 already around. Still D3 has quite some potential.

I love Diablo 2 too, but from an optimistic point of view I much rather see them not update Diablo 2 because that means they are not heading in the right direction, preserving old games is fine, like keeping the servers alive. But focusing on old games mean they aren't going head strong into the future.

We play Diablo 2 because we already love it, and don't want it to change. There are always mods if you want something different out of Diablo 2

My opinion is that blizzard lost the game with d2 before 3-4 years.
It was the right time to make up an new expansion or a 4 gb dlc.
New graphics,new sprites maybe some new skills or classes.
If blizzy did that thing that time we could still waiting for d3 to come out cause d2 would be full